Dating-stamp attachment



F. W. DAVIS.

DATING STAMP ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION rlLgD sEPT.29, 1920.

Patented Dec. 7, 1920.

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FRED W. DAVIS, 0F COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA.

DA'rINe-srnivrr ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 7, 1920.

Application filed September 29, 1920. Serial No. 413,582.

10 all wlw/ait may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED W. Davis, I1y citizen of the United States, residing at Council Bluffs, in the county of Pottawattamie and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dating-Stamp Attachments, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an appendage adapted to be attached to a dating stamp as a holder for type so that additional data may be printed or stamped in connection with the date.

@ne of the objects of the invention is to provide an attachment for this purpose which may be made from a single metallic strip, no soldering or riveting being required, this being an economical feature in manufacturing. Another object is to provide an attachment which may be readily applied to or removed from a dating stamp. Another object is to provide channels open at their ends so that the type may be readily placed therein or removed therefrom. Other and more specific objects of the invention will be mentioned hereinafter. i

With the foregoing objects in view the invention presents a. novel and useful construction, as described herein and claimed, and as illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein,-

Figure 1 is a plan view of a metallic strip used in constructing the attachment. Figs. 2 and 3, respectively, are side and end views of a dating stamp with the attachment mounted thereon. Fig. 4 is a bottom plan View of the attachment. Fig. 5 is a View of a dating stamp and the attachment in longitudinal section. Fig. 6 is a view of the same in transverse section.

Referring now to the drawing for a more particular description, the `invention is described and shown in connection with a dating stamp of ordinary construction, and being well known and in general use, requires no particular description except to state that it consists of a metallic casing 7 having parallel side-plates 8 which project downwardly from its handle and which provide a mounting for a shaft 9 which has end-portions a projecting outwardly of the side plates, upon said shaft, between the side plates, being rotatably mounted a plurality of spools 10, upon said spools being movably mounted certain bands 11 of india rubber, said bands being provided with raised letters, words,

printed in connection with the data provided for the dating stamp', I provide an attachment constructed of a single, metallic strip l2, best shown in Fig. 1, said strip being incised to provide a pair of wings 14 Vand bent at right-angles on lines b-b and (Jr-c so that said wings will vface each other, these, for convenience, being called endwings and connected by a side-piece 15, said end-wings 14Cl having apertures d for a mounting on the projecting parts a of the shaft, outwardly'of the side-plates 8 of the dating stamp, said strip 12 being bent at r1ghtangles on line eme to provide a second vside-piece 16, parallel with the first named side-piece 15.

The metallic strip 12 is also incised toprovide a pair of secondary wings 17 and 19 opposite to the wings, said wing 17 being bent at its junction with said strip 12 to lie in a plane parallel with the plane of the side-piece 15, and bent at right-angles 'on lines ,7L-h and /c-c to form a channel for holding type ,'as best shown in Figs. 3, Ll and 6.

The secondary wing 19 is bent at its junction with the strip 12 to lie inv a plane parallel with the plane of the side-piece 16, and is bent at right-angles on lines m-m and vir-a to form a channel 20 opposite to and parallel with the channel 18, for holding type as. Also the strip 12 is bent at right-angles on lines r-r and s-s, respectively, to provide a locking-piece 21 having a length approximately corresponding to the length of a side-piece 15 or 16, and as best shown in Fig. 6, is adapted to be disposed between the side-piece 16 and one of the walls of a channel when arranging the attachment ready for use to be applied to the casing of a dating-stamp, the terminal part t engaging a wing 14.

Asv thus described, the metallic strip will be of rectangular form in plan, and its channels 18 and 20 will be disposed approximately parallel relative to each other, at right-angles to the wings 14, and to mount the attachment on a dating-stamp, all that is necessary is to manually press it upwardly from the bottom of the dating-stamp and cause the wings 14 to slide on the side-plates 8 until the apertures d receive the projections a of shaft 9, the channels 18 and 20 opening on the lower part of the attachment, opposite to its wings, whereby the type ai will be disposed approximately in line with the lowermost part of the movable, flexible bands 11 which are supported by the bar 22 of the casing or body of the dating sta-mp, at the bottom thereof. Y

It will be appreciated by users of the herein described attachment that it may be readily mounted upon or removed from a dating stamp and that the type for the channels 18 and 20 may be changed conveniently whenever required; and in operation, after the attachment has been mounted upon a dating stamp, the latter may be employed the same as usual, additional Vdata useful for a great variety of purposes, together with the date, being stamped or printed.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is,

1. In an attachment for a dating stamp having projections outwardly of its parallel sides, a metallic strip incised and bent to provide a pair of opposed apertured wings for a mounting upon the opposed sides of the stamp in engagement with the projections, and providing a pair of opposed side-pieces having channels disposed outwardly of and parallel with the side-pieces at right-angles to said wings and opening adjacent to the bottoni of said datingstamp.

2. In an attachment for a dating stamp having a casing provided with a pair of opposed projections, a metallic strip incised and bent to provide a pair of opposed wings for a mounting, adjacent to the bottom,

upon the opposed sides of the casing of the stamp, in engagement with said projections, and providing a pair of opposed channels disposed at right-angles to said'wings and opening adjacent to the bottom of said dating-stamp.

3. In an attachment for a dating stamp having a casing provided with parallel side plates and provided with a shaft having end-portions projecting outwardly Vof the side-plates, a metallic strip incised and bent to provide a pair ofopposed wings for a mounting, adjacent to the bottom, upon the side plates in engagement with the endportions of the shaft, and providing a pair of side pieces having channels vfor receiving type, said side pieces and channels being disposed at right-angles to said wings.

4;. In an attachment for a dating stamp having a easing provided with parallel side plates and a shai't having end-portions projecting outwardly of the side-plates, a metallic strip incised and bent to provide a frame rectangular in plan having a pair of parallel channels, opening on its lower side and a pair of apertured wings projecting above its upper side, said frame being adapted to be disposed with its wings extending inwardly of and engaging the side plates of the casing, the apertures of its wings receiving the projecting end-portions of the shaft, the channels opening outwardly, adjacent to the bottom of said casmg.

In testimony whereof, I have aflixed my signature in presence of two witnesses. Y

FRED W. yDAVIS.

Vitnesses Y HIRAM A. STURGES, ARTHUR H. STURGES. 

